FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT

Ebola Vigilance for Regional Preparedness Planners University of Cincinnati Education and Research Center (ERC) Topical Workshop

April 21, 2015 8:00 to 5:00 pm

Kingsgate Marriott 151 Goodman Ave. 45219

Deadline for Registration is April 15, 2014 No registration fee but everyone needs to register (below)! Cash parking is available at Eden Avenue Garage and Kingsgate Marriott, 151 Goodman Ave. 45219

This Topical Workshop aims to provide an overview of the regional hospital Ebola response with attention to human factors, maintaining vigilance and “lessons learned” applicable to planning for other emerging diseases. A break-out donning and doffing work group session will be held. The primary intended audience is regional Ebola response planners, but other health care workers and students are also welcome if space permits.

Organizing Committee (University of Cincinnati): Susan Reutman (Chair), RN, MPH, PhD, Assistant Professor, Director, Occupational Health Nursing, Univ. of Cincinnati Jane Christianson, RN, MSN, PhD, Assistant Professor, Deputy Director, Occupational Health Nursing, Univ. of Cincinnati Nicholas Newman, MS, DO, FAAP, Assistant Professor, Univ. of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Director, Pediatric Environmental Health and Lead Clinic, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Tiina Reponen, PhD, Professor of Environmental Health, ERC Director, Univ. of Cincinnati Amit Bhattacharya, PhD, Professor of Environmental Health, ERC Deputy Director, Univ. of Cincinnati Sharada Paudel, RN, Univ. of Cincinnati (Co-Coordinator) Chris Schafer, Univ. of Cincinnati (ERC Coordinator) Marianne Kautz, Univ. of Cincinnati (Program Manager)

Speakers: 1 | P a g e Captain Kenneth Mead, MSN, PhD, PE, Senior Research Engineer. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cincinnati, OH Cheedy Jaja, RN, BA, MSN, MPH, Ph Associate Professor, College of Nursing; Department of Internal Medicine - Hematology & Oncology, College of Medicine, Univ. of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH Terri Thrasher, RN BSN MSN, Senior Director of HR Professional Services, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH Charles Schnurpel, BS, Manager, Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH Patrick Burke, BA, MPH, CIC, Public Health Epidemiologist, Supervisor of Communicable Disease Unit, Cincinnati Health Department, OH Lt. Col. Edward Kosterman, BA, MS, MPH, Public Health Epidemiologist, Supervisor of Communicable Disease Unit, Wright Patterson Air Force Base Hospital, OH Maj. Jared Mort, MSN, MBA, RN-BC, ACNS-BC, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Wright Patterson Air Force Base Hospital, OH

Break-out Session Moderators (in addition to above-named speakers): Kelly Hoover (CCHMC) MSN, RN-BC, Education Specialist, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Hannah Carlson, MSN, RN-BC, Education Specialist, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Margot Bayer, BS, Safety Specialist, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Steven Osterholt, RN, BS, Infection Prevention and Control Program Manager, USAF AFMC 88 MDG/SGNE Officer, Wright-Patterson Medical Center, Fairborn, OH

Short Bio of Keynote Speaker

Captain Kenneth (Ken) Mead is a Senior Research Engineer assigned to The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). CAPT Mead has been with NIOSH since his transfer from the U.S. Army to the U.S. Public Health Service in 1993. He is a registered Professional Engineer with a BS in Mechanical Engineering from The Wichita State University and an MS and PhD in Industrial Hygiene from The University of Oklahoma. Throughout his 26-yr career, CAPT Mead has applied engineering and personal protective concepts to protect workers against occupational exposures including chemical and biological warfare agents, industrial exposures, and infectious and chemical exposures within healthcare environments. For the past 13 years, his primary research focused on the protection of healthcare and emergency medical responders to protect against infectious exposures as well as exposures to hazardous drugs. Ken serves on multiple professional committees focused on Industrial Ventilation, Clean Space Design, and Healthcare Facility Design. He is also a member of the USP Expert Advisory Panel on hazardous drug exposures. Since August 2014, CAPT Mead’s involvement in the response to the current Ebola Epidemic includes protective design and work practice guidance for African Healthcare Facilities as well as being a member of multiple CDC Rapid Ebola Preparedness (REP) teams. The CDC REP teams travel to U.S. Hospitals with designated Ebola Treatment facilities to conduct on-site assessments and provide guidance on the use of personal protective equipment, facility layout & planning, simulation training, hazardous

2 | P a g e waste management and related topics. In addition, CAPT Mead is a cadre member of the CDC Ebola Response Teams (CERT). The CERT teams are made up of experts in epidemiology, infection control, laboratory, and communications and they stand ready to deploy on short notice to any hospital in the United States with probable Ebola cases.

Agenda: Speaker / Moderator: Topic: Time: Tiina Reponen Introductory Address 8:30 – 8:45am Kenneth Mead Keynote: A Perspective on Hospital 8:45-9:45 am Preparations for the Safe Treatment of Patients with Known/Suspect Ebola Virus Disease Cheedy Jaja Human Factors for Ebola Response Planners: 9:45- 10:15 am Lessons from the Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak in West Africa Morning Break 10:15-10:30am Terri Thrasher & Review of Ebola Response Preparation 10:30-11:30am Charles Schnurpel Activities At Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Lunch Break 11:30am – 12:30pm Patrick Burke Local Health Department Response to the 12:30pm - 1:30pm Ongoing Ebola Outbreak in West Africa - Risk Mitigation through Direct Active Monitoring Lt. Col. Edward Kosterman Key Planning and Operational Response Factors 1:30pm – 2:30pm Maj. Jared Mort for Biocontainment Planning Susan Reutman Introduction to Break-out Session Activities 2:30pm – 2:45pm Afternoon Break 2:45pm-3:00pm Break-out Session: Break-out Session: Donning and Doffing Small 3:00pm – 4:30pm Group Workshops Susan Reutman Closing Remarks 4:30pm – 4:45pm Program Evaluation 4:45pm – 5:00pm

Please register at https://greatlakesosha.org/course-catalog

E-mail inquiries to Marianne Kautz at [email protected] or call 513-558-1730.

The workshop is supported by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health though University of Cincinnati, Education and Research Center, Grant T42/OH008432.

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